Card game



July 24, 192s.

WITNESS:

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' 'INvENroR ATTO R N EY 'Patented July k24, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST PHILIP?, F LOS ANGELES, (2AIiIFOlRllI'IA.4

CARD GAME.

.Application filed August 10, 1927. Serial No. 212,036.

My present invention relates to a game played with cards to represent merchandising or store keeping, to be played by a group of people, the sytsem being such as to main- "say $75 each, totaling $900; 12 Thursdays.

tain an interest in the game by the several playersand excite a spirit of rivalry as to the luck or management of each player in establishing a successful management of business.

In carrying out my invention I provide a deck of cards consisting of a large number,

preferably 132, certain cards representing sales for each business day and other cards representing expense factors of varlous 15 types, as bills for goods bought, salary, rent,

etc. There is a determinate number of credit cards for each days sales of varying amount and a determinate number of each type of expense cards also of varying value or denomination, the total value of the credit cards exceeding that of the expense cards to played successfully.

The cards are dealt in a .number of successive hands, each player being given a plurality of cards, and at the end of each deal a balance is struck and the gain or loss noted. At each deal the matched cards are discarded and laid face up on the table to be A tions' and pictorial representations of cer- 3@ open for an player during the game.

number of eals are successively conducted until the pack is exhausted, the several balances being struck and summed up at a profit or loss. rllhe deck is shumed and dealt five times representing a years business and the grand totals indicate the success. of any player in conducting the business representing a definite period of store keeping.

My invention therefore consists of a game 40 of cards to represent conducting a business,

the several cards being in groups to represent credit or expense in varying values and correspondin to definite periodso'f business, the der being so arranged `that the aggregate credit value exceeds the expense value, the several cards being dealt, a balance struck and nally summed u as to prot and loss. The invention will e more particularly hereinafter described and defio nitely indicated in the accompanying claims.

lin the drawing: I

The Figures l .and 2 represent a group of cards representative of a deck for carrying out the invention.

I preferably form a deck 'of 132 cards.

Of. these 12 represent Mondays sales of a Wastes, balancing against sales cards.

denominational value of say $150 each, aggregating $1,800 credit; 12 representing Tuesdays sales at $125 each, aggregating $1,500; 12 representing VWednesdays sales sales at $100 each, aggregating $1,200; 12 Fridays sales at $125 each, aggregating $1,500; and 12 Saturdays sales at $200 each, aggregating $2,400, making a grand total of the weeks business of $9,300. There are also 72 expense cards, for example, 4 Wholesale bills at $200, 4 at $250, 4 at $300, 4 at $400 and 4 at $500; 6 salary cards for clerks at $100; 4 taxes at $50; 4` rents at.$50r; 4 cashing bad check accounts at 4l light and Water assessments at $25; 4 loss by creditfat $25; 4 insurancerat $25; 4 spoils and Wastes at $25; and 6 holidays closed banks; the aggregate debit cards representing $8,200, leaving for the entire deck 4a y business profit of $1,100. permit a fair business profit if the game is l,In Figure 1 is represented a group of expense cards, the several cards being given a denominational value bearing a proportional ratio of the type ofexpense in the deckl assessment.v Figure 2 represents a series of credit cards of differing denominational value., as per schedule above given. rI hese cards are preferably provided with inscriptain classes of goods vended representin sales, so that in handling the cards eac player Will nd visible at either end a plain indication of the value of credit or debit.

The game may be played by any number of players, each player being dealt say 10 cards and the balance of the deck placed in the center of the table. At each deal the player pays oif all bills, such as Wholesale, clerks, taxes, rents, bad checks, light and Water, loss by credit, insurance, spoils and For example, if he has a $300 Wholesale card and a $50 rent card and a $200 Saturday and $150 Monday sales card, the expense is $350 and sales $350. He vvillvdiscard the four cards on the table face up, and any cards not evening up will be held for a subsequent draw until they' can be matched. Thus all expense cards are paid with sales cards and after all the players have paid expenses as far as possible the'balance is noted and a card drawn from the deck until all the cards are drawn. During each play the player pays expenses with sales. When all the cards have been drawn from the deck the players success as having a gain or profit over expense, or the reverse, is noted. The deck is shufiied and dealt five times representing a years business and the success in conducting a business is noted for the several players as an indication of their ability in managing a business.

Having thus described my invention, what I cla-im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis A 1. A game of cards representative of store keeping, comprising a series of groups representative of sales as credit ior -a number of usiness periods as days of the Week, the

`several cards being of varying denominational value, other card groups representing expenses, the credit series being of greater aggregate value to represent profits, the cards being dealt to the players and balanced at successive deals, the matched cards being discarded at each deal and profit or loss noted, cards being drawn successively from the deck after each deal until exhausted and the several balances being recorded for a group of deals representative of a definite period of business.

2. A game of cards to represent store keeping, comprisinga deck composed of a plurality of groups representing diferent types of expense and credit of varying denominational value, the aggregate credit value of the cards being in excess of the value of the expense cards to define a business prot, each card carrying pictorial insignia and the characteristic of the merchandise, the cards being successively dealt'from a plurality of deck shufiiings, the matched cards being discarded and-the profit or loss of the several plays of each play'er being noted to determine his success for a definite period of merchandising.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNEST PHILIPP. 

